Corn-planting attachment for plows



(No Model.)

BGRBEN. y CORN PLANTING ATTACHMENT FOR PLOWS.

No. 455,922. Patented July 11,V 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

FRANK GREEN, OF PEORIA, rIEXAS.

CORN-PLANTING ATTACHMENT FOR PLOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,922, dated J' uly 141, 1891.

Application filed September 9, 1890. Serial No. 364,431. (No model.)

of ordinary construction, and which shall bev efficient in operation and capable of being thrown into or out of operation, as may be desired.

T he invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which Will he hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 .is a side elevation showing my improved corn planting device attached to an' ordinary plow in position for operation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cornplanting attachment detached from the plow. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the iigures.

1 designates a circular plate, which is provided on diametrically-opposite sides at its front and rear ends with lugs or projections 2'and 3. Said plate is also provided with a longitudinal slot 4:, at the sides of which are formed boxes or bearings 5 5 for a transverse shaft 6, the outer end of which carries a wheel 7, adapted to bear against the ground. The shaft 6 also carries a seed-disk 8, which extends through the slot 4, and the periphery of ,which is provided with recesses 9, forming the seed-cups. These re-' cesses or seed-cups may be of any desired size, and means may, if desired, be provided for regulating their capacity.

Suitably mounted upon the upper side of I the plate 1 is a circular box or hopper l0,

the bottom of which has a slot 1l registering with the slot 4. in the bottoni plate. To the under side of the latter, near its front end, is

secured a cut-off spring 12, which extends upward and rearwardly throughthe slots 4. and ll and bears against the periphery of the seed-disk. Another spring 13, likewise bearing against the periphery of the seeddisk, is secured in the bottom of the hopper, near the rear end of the slot ll, through which it extends in a downward direction.

To the under side of the lug 2, at the front end-ot' plate 1, is secured one of the leaves 14 of a hinge 15, the other leaf of which 16 is angular or L-shaped and is adapted to be secured by means of screws, bolts, or the like to the rear end of a plow-beam 17. The4 lug 3, at the4 rear end of plate l, has a slot 18 for the attachment of a strap 19, which may be made fast to the rung 20, connecting the liandles 21 of the plow, to which the device is attached for operation.

My improved corn planting attachment may, -as will be readily understood, be attached or secured to the beam of any plow of ordinary construction. When the plow progresses over the field, the supportingwheel 7 will bear against the surface of the ground, causing the shaft 6 to rotate with the seed-disk 8, which latter discharges the contents of the hopper. A spout may be provided to convey the seed to the furrow; but this is not essential. The operation maybe suspended at any time by raising the rear end of the kdevice sufficiently to raise the Wheel 7 from contact with the ground, the hinge 15 enabling the attachment to be thus raised. The device` may be retained in' a 'raised or inoperative position by makingthe' strap 19 fast to the rung 20.

The general construction of the devicevis simple and inexpensive, and the seed-dropping mechanism is certain and efficient in operation.

Having thus described my invention, I claimv In a device of the class described,the combination'of the base-plate 1, having lugs 2 3, slot 1, and boxes 5, the superimposed seedbox 10, having bottom slot 11, the shaft 6, having seed-disk 8 and Wheel 7, thersprings 12 13, and the hinge 15, secured to the lug 2k and having an angular leaf -16 attached to the rear end of a plow-beam, all constructed and arranged substantially as p and for the purpose set forth. K

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK GREEN. Witnesses:

G. W. PAGE, R. R. HOOKER.

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